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Detailed Translations for shanghai from English to French

shanghai:

to shanghai verb (shanghais, shanghaid, shanghaing)

  1. to shanghai (crimp; recruit; conscript)
    – take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship 1
    racoler; embaucher; recruter; enrôler
    • racoler verb (racole, racoles, racolons, racolez, )
    • embaucher verb (embauche, embauches, embauchons, embauchez, )
    • recruter verb (recrute, recrutes, recrutons, recrutez, )
    • enrôler verb (enrôle, enrôles, enrôlons, enrôlez, )

Conjugations for shanghai:

present
  1. shanghai
  2. shanghai
  3. shanghais
  4. shanghai
  5. shanghai
  6. shanghai
simple past
  1. shanghaid
  2. shanghaid
  3. shanghaid
  4. shanghaid
  5. shanghaid
  6. shanghaid
present perfect
  1. have shanghaid
  2. have shanghaid
  3. has shanghaid
  4. have shanghaid
  5. have shanghaid
  6. have shanghaid
past continuous
  1. was shanghaing
  2. were shanghaing
  3. was shanghaing
  4. were shanghaing
  5. were shanghaing
  6. were shanghaing
future
  1. shall shanghai
  2. will shanghai
  3. will shanghai
  4. shall shanghai
  5. will shanghai
  6. will shanghai
continuous present
  1. am shanghaing
  2. are shanghaing
  3. is shanghaing
  4. are shanghaing
  5. are shanghaing
  6. are shanghaing
subjunctive
  1. be shanghaid
  2. be shanghaid
  3. be shanghaid
  4. be shanghaid
  5. be shanghaid
  6. be shanghaid
diverse
  1. shanghai!
  2. let's shanghai!
  3. shanghaid
  4. shanghaing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for shanghai:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
embaucher conscript; crimp; recruit; shanghai appeal to; begin; call in; employ; engage; enlist; hire; initiate; invite; invoke; operationalize; recruit; set to work; sign on
enrôler conscript; crimp; recruit; shanghai advertise; advertize; make propaganda; publish; recruit; solicit
racoler conscript; crimp; recruit; shanghai
recruter conscript; crimp; recruit; shanghai advertise; advertize; draw new members; employ; engage; hire; make propaganda; publish; recruit; sign on; solicit
- impress

Synonyms for "shanghai":


Related Definitions for "shanghai":

  1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship1
    • The men were shanghaied after being drugged1

Wiktionary Translations for shanghai:

shanghai
noun
  1. Petite arme de jet d’enfant, constituée d'un manche en forme de Y aux bouts duquel sont attachés les deux extrémités d'un élastique ; un projectile est placé au centre de ce dernier et est projeté avec la tension exercée sur l'élastique.
verb
  1. (argot) marine|fr (vieilli) enrôler de force comme matelot.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
shanghai shangaïer; shangaier schanghaientransitiv; Seemannssprache: jemanden durch List und Täuschung – zumeist indem dieser mit Alkohol berauscht wird – zum Matrosendienst auf einem Schiff anwerben und diesen (mit Gewalt) einschiffen